Show BATTLE MOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN ITEMS special correspondence battle mountain nev april 6 cpr spring ig is opening up the mining activity in battle mountain district while the placer strikes in this vicinity continue to attract much attention the quartz mining is and will continue to be the chief factor in that part of the state with the settling of the roads the freight both in and out of the hills has been moving particularly into the kimberly hilltop country there the consolidated has hauled timbers and machinery for its deep shaft the grey eagle is shipping about seventy tons a week of its lead silver ores averaging about 75 per ton the shipments heretofore have been made via battle mountain but W P catlin the superintendent has built the two miles of road connecting with the road to beowawe which will hereafter be his shipping point as the grade is all down hill the road better and shorter and the station is on both the western pacific and the southern pacific railroads the gold star group in kimberly is being developed by tunnel on the main fissure vein and is showing more than two foet fet of very fine ore the character of which would lead a goldfield man to pronounce the ore mohawk plans are being prepared and bonds have been voted to build a forty stamp custom mill by the kimberly hilltop ore reducing company which has contracts with several subsidiary companies of the kim berly united mines company for tons of ore within three years the recent strike on the star grove continues most promising and rich ore is said by M R thurston Tr urston the superintendent to have five hundred feet of backs and the vein is still over eight feet wide carrying much ruby silver this is situated on the rim of what is pronounced to be a great crater and from the point a few miles above the old and famous lewis camp extends along the dean mine closed since the death of 0 its superintendent but attracting the attention of investors next are the kattenhorn brothers who are shipping 1000 ore a week with six men then comes the red top under the man of W J grindle of los angeles who is also the controlling factor in the t starr grove beyond that is the grey eagle and next the gold star and oro and gold bond properties of the kimberly united above mentioned all are showing renewed activity and developing developing great ore bodies which will yet rivet the attention of mining men to this section |